Help w/ drop-down list made more simple

agilstrap · Joined: 09 Jan 2009 Posts: 3

I posted a topic a few days ago but no one responded. I have taken another stab at reducing the old code and adding a standard drop-down list but the list is only populating with 1 result and the one result doesn't submit the actual id to the submit function. Can someone please look at the original piece of code below and my attempt at the drop down list and offer any suggestions? Thanks...

Current multi-select code:

$iteration =0;
$skills = $skillChapter['Skill'];
foreach ($skills as $skill)
{
$skillid = $skill['id'];
$skillIds[] = array("skill".$skill['id'],$skill['title'],$skillChapter['SkillChapter']['title']);
echo "<div class=\"skillRow\">";
echo "<input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"data[Job][skill".$skillid."]\" value=\"1\" id=\"skill".$skillid."\"> ";
echo "<label for=\"skill".$skillid."\">{$skill['title']}</label>";
echo "</div>";
}
echo "</div>";
$iteration++;
echo "</div>";

My attempt to convert to a standard (single select) drop-down list. Below code is not working:

echo "<div class=\"floatClear\">";
echo $form->input( 'data[Job][skill".$skillid."]', array( 'label' => 'Select a Function', 'type'=>'select', 'options'=>
array("$skill".$skill['id'])));
echo "</div>";

kanenas · Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 341

What's the definition of method input? Without that information, we have no way of evaluating your problem.

fazlionline · Joined: 29 Jan 2009 Posts: 11

simple HTML will do it better then PHP.
as i undersand you question
try to see this post

http://www.htmlcodetutorial.com/help/ftopic13698-0-0-asc-.html

and its code is this

<form name="form1">
<select name="favs1" onChange="window.open(this.options[this.selectedIndex].value)">
<option selected>Favourites</option>
<option>-------------------</option>
<option value="http://www.yahoo.com">Yahoo!</option>
<option value="http://www.altavista.com">Altavista</option>
</select>
</form>